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To whom it may concern (or, an introduction)
&
SHORT SCENE IN WHICH MY GRANDMA AND I UNDERSTAND EVERY WORD WE SAY TO EACH OTHER
&
erasure of a work manifesto

poems in the Washington State Queer Poetry Anthology
edited by Arianne True and Clare Johnson
2025

Dock
&
Regrade

poems for the exhibit Tacoma Method Memorial Knot
May 2025
ARTS at King Street Station, Seattle
(poems translated into Cantonese by Jacqueline Leung)



prayer as a walk through Ravenna in the Winter

poem
March 21, 2022
Seattle Dept. of Neighborhoods
Reimagine Seattle

++ installation, posca pen
January - March, 2025
Machines with Magnets
open sky, curated by Will Beattie


confession for summer

poem
August 2024
Lost Bag News Issue 3: Wet Hot Summer
Editors: Sam McKeever-Holtzman, Ingrid Matison, LJ Kunz, Lids Bierenday, Jules Kang Sharpe
Printed by Jules at Binch Press/Queer.Archive.Work Studio



Red Envelopes

poem, audio installation, (#91 in the playlist)
SUMMIT SOUND AT THE SEATTLE CONVENTION CENTER
A public sound installation amplifying and celebrating the unique and diverse voices of our inclusive Puget Sound community

Dear Mom,
&
Hey Dad,

poems
February 21st, 2023
the lickety~split
@olicketysplit on twitter

Grandma,

poem
November 8th, 2022
Henry Art Gallery
Embodied Experience: A Community Dialogue

This is a map

poem
December 1st, 2022
Viaduct Journal

49 words I wish I could write in my family's language

collaborative project, multilingual reading + zine
*Seattle Office of Arts and Culture City Artist 2022
*4Culture

this time (a chorus of femmes)

poem, play excerpt
Spring 2022
smoke & mold
Issue 6

Instructions for a Child of an Assembly Line

lyric essay
November 22, 2021
Seventh Wave Magazine
Issue 14: Economies of Harm
*Fall Editorial Resident



knick-knacks & selected reading archive


June 5th, 2025: exquisites: queer poets collectively curated w/ Riley Ratcliff, Lindsey Pannor, and Jimmy Fay @ Aberdeen Community Garden (NYC)

April 19th, 2025: Thomas Dai reading of his book TAKE MY NAME, BUT SAY IT SLOW, in conversation @ Riff Raff Bookstore (PVD)

October 14th, 2024: Lost Bag music & words w/ Ro(b)//ert Lundberg, Dave Scanlon, Jimmy Fay (PVD)

February 21st, 2024: SWEET! PVD @ Lost Bag w/ Jaeyon Jo, Michaela Bean, Jimmy Fay

February 14th, 2024: Queer Love Letters: Close Friends Collective @ Blue Stockings Bookstore (NYC)

MUSIC! composed by Leanna Keith, inspired by my poetry w/ Bushwick Book Club x Jack Straw [link to watch]

May 22nd, 2023: Seventh Wave Bainbridge Residents Reading @ Elliott Bay Book Company [link to info]

PODCAST! w/ Jack Straw [link to listen]

May 12th, 2023: Jack Straw Writing Fellows Reading, w/ Stephen Griggs, Sumu Tasib, Carla Schafer [link to video recording of reading]

March 10th, 2023: Rewind/Unwind (Hugo Fellows Reading, AWP Offsite), w/ s.c. Bostwick, Laura Da', Cassidy Dyce, CR Glasgow, Maguerite Harrold, Ruth Joffre, Clare Johnson, Jessica Mehta, Troy Osaki, & Stephanie Segura 

January 18th, 2023: Local Voices (Writers in the Schools), w/ Sara Brickman, Piper Daugherty, Cassidy Dyce, Magda Manning, & Jay Thompson @ Hugo House

May 19th, 2022 - Margin Shift, w/ Bel-Quiaoit Quarless, Eric M. Acosta, Anthony Warnke, Michael Schmeltzer [link to video recording of reading]

January 13th, 2022 - Local Voices (Writers in the Schools), w/ Daemond Arrindell, Ramon Isao, Jay Thompson, & Arianne True

June 16th, 2021 - Hugo House Fellows Reading #2, w/ Cassidy Dyce, Clare Johnson, Frances Lee, Stephanie Segura, and Arianne True [link to video recording of reading]

February 21st, 2021 - Hugo House Fellows Reading #1, w/ Cassidy Dyce, Clare Johnson, Frances Lee, Stephanie Segura, and Arianne True [link to video recording of reading]